- Date
- October 9, 1966
- Place
- Midland, MI · MIDLAND, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N32133Waco UPF-7
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120696
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2990 66/10/9 MIDLAND MICH WACO UPF-7 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 445 TIME - 1215 N32133 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 314 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JACK BARSTOW TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32133
- Reported as
- Waco UPF-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jack Barstow
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N32133 · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB NYC00LA180Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBally, PAThe pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane after an aborted takeoff.NTSB MIA91LA147Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportKey West, FLA momentary loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons.NTSB MIA90IA036Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportKey West, FLThe failure of the pilot to adequately watch for parked aircraft after becoming distracted.NTSB MIA89LA245Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportKey West, FLInadequate visual lookout by the Waco pilot, which resulted in his misjudgement of clearance between his aircraft and the Cessna 172 and a subsequent collision.NTSB MIA88LA216Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportKey West, FLWhile on a sightseeing flt, during the landing roll with a direct crosswind from the rt at 9 KTS, the plt reported that the acft turned into the wind. He was unable to correct this with left rudder & braking before the acft travelled into a ditch. He further…